Everyone on DU should read this, men in particular.

[rzemanfl]

Man Perfectly Explains Women’s Rage Today Using Brutal Analogy So That All Men Can Finally Understand It

If it has been posted before, let me know and I will self-delete-

https://www.boredpanda.com/nut-kicking-analogy-brett-kavanaugh-case/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

[ariadne0614]

1. I'm very curious to learn whether DU men are. . .

the natural allies I want to assume them to be. Thank you from the bottom of my weary female heart for posting this.

[beachbum bob]

3. Most men are respectful of women, since most are not

white entitled minded rich boys.

[ariadne0614]

6. I'm inclined to believe you because. . .

the person who attempted to assault me was a white, privileged male. At the same time, I understand it’s only anecdotal evidence.

[DemocracyMouse]

15. As a public service:

This post was equating sexual assault of women to men being kicked in the nuts (for tone-deaf men).

Great analogy

(everyone was discussing a link and so I figured I'd "out" the topic)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. A lousy analogy. I've been hit in the nuts, mostly by sporting goods.

Tennis balls, softballs, bicycle crossbars, and possibly a kick or two during a scuffle.

In most cases, there is much pain, much laughter by onlookers. But, a few minutes later, or half an hour later, maybe with an ice bag, and voila, good as new, back in the game.

The pain of sexual assault is not gone in half an hour, maybe not gone in half a lifetime. The consequences are far-reaching.

No comparison.

[rzemanfl]

45. We all have. Did you read the linked article? n/t

[MineralMan]

2. That's very good!

Thanks for posting it.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. My son says a straight guy understands consent if a gay guy tries to touch him.

[ariadne0614]

7. Good point! n/t

[Sentath]

34. I keep coming back to this comment

I'm not sure why it fascinates me so.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

36. Your son is spouting homophobia.

Who cares who touches whom (provided it isn’t an unwanted sexual event)?

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. I think that is his point.

[Arkansas Granny]

38. There are men who think that unwanted touching of a female is no big deal.

They would feel much differently if they were the recipients of unwanted touching.

I assure you, my son is not a homophobe.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

41. OK. Unwanted touching is a different matter.

[cwydro]

39. Oh, here we go again.

Homophobia alive and well on DU.

[Turin_C3PO]

43. I took it

as her saying that a lot of men ARE homophobes and would freak out if they were touched by another man. I could be wrong though, I am all the time lol.

[VOX]

5. It's a positive exercise, but there's no exercise on earth that comes close to the real thing.

I know, the author admits to that. I have some extremely strong opinions on the utterly unforgivable aspects of assault and rape of women. But being a man with no shared-first-person experience, I don't feel that it's appropriate for me to trot out my thoughts. Time and again, women have courageously shared their stories, which, sadly, often makes them even more vulnerable to harassment.

Simply said, I support all women 100% in this struggle. Each day, I do everything in my power to stand with them in every regard.

[ariadne0614]

8. Thank you. n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. You and the OP author, Julius...

[smirkymonkey]

9. K&R

[BigmanPigman]

10. Wow!

Just WOW! I am definately sending that to people I know.

[ariadne0614]

11. It made me cry. n/t

[FakeNoose]

12. K & R bookmarking this

Thanks for sharing this!

[Javaman]

13. That was excellent! nt

[yonder]

14. Ditto on the K&R's, and bookmarked too. Right on the mark, unfortunately.

[Lil Stinker]

16. It made me want to sock myself in the nuts..

Just because I am a man. I have always tried my best to defend women, but I still feel guilty for those that don't care.

[rzemanfl]

25. I tried to do that, but I am so old I didn't punch low enough.

Welcome to DU.

[SunSeeker]

17. K & R & bookmarked!

[SCantiGOP]

18. Worth a read. Rec

[Mr.Bill]

19. Imagine, men, if getting kicked in the nuts

could cause you to become pregnant and a Supreme Court ruling made it law that you had to carry that baby to term.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

23. Later in the story, he imagines just that--

Imagine, After getting kicked, it caused a change in your body that caused a genetic replication of the woman who kicked you to begin developing inside of you....

[samir.g]

20. White men especially in particular

[chowder66]

21. I thought what he said in the first part of the article was pretty stark and well said....

“Speaking on the societally-macro level, empathy has been largely a one-way street when it comes to gender dynamics,” Moxon told Bored Panda. “In my experience, women are empathetic toward men, while men tend not to be particularly empathetic toward women.”
“Put another way, women have to think about what men are feeling as a matter of survival. Men aren’t in a similar situation, and so, if they don’t want to, they don’t. And, by and large, we don’t want to.”

[ariadne0614]

24. Yes!

That part jumped off the screen and grabbed me by the throat. Our social conditioning is the result of millennia of survival strategies.

[JHan]

26. K&R

[dlk]

27. A Definite Step in the Right Direction

These quotes from the article accurately describe where we are as a country:

"The Kavanaugh confirmation proves once again that one of the primary drivers of our society right now is normalized abuse and enablement of abuse,” Moxon added. “In such a society, the telling of wrong is itself seen as the wrong. It’s unutterably sad. It’s why the country has a bully with the mind of a cruel child as president, supported by power, cheered by crowds.”

“I think you can see, if you want to, that there is a powerful political party that doesn’t care about women at all, and thinks not caring is good. I dare hope more of us see this clearly now then we did before.”

To say the least, the veneer of civilization is very thin and we have very far to go.

[Sunsky]

28. This gave me the chills

It's spot on.

[sheshe2]

29. K&R

[BeckyDem]

30. Well done. K&R

[Permanut]

31. K & R..

[peekaloo]

32. Last night's 'Murphy Brown' was about the MeToo movement.

Timely in relation to this article.

Phil's sister giving Murphy advice on confronting the man who assaulted her ended with, "then you kick him in the nuts".

[Solly Mack]

35. My favorite part was in the preamble.

“When women tell their stories of living with danger and vulnerability, and of survival from assault, our first instinct appears to be to protect ourselves from personal culpability and accountability; we certainly saw that dynamic play out as the Kavanaugh story developed.”

Because, damn, that was so the case with a lot of men. Not listening so much as mentally preparing their defense and then - repeatedly - telling us about it.

[bdamomma]

40. K&R

interesting article.


But I am still pissed off at the outcome, and how illegal sexual assaults are not being taken seriously by white rich frat boys who then turn into ole rich white men.

[malaise]

42. Excellent

Thanks.

[Turin_C3PO]

44. K&R!

Although I’m sure sexual assault is magnitudes worse than getting kicked in the nuts.

[Mc Mike]

46. Yeah. Rec Nt